Today, we’re fortunate enough to be joined by Dr. Ken Milne, also known as BATDOC, from the Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine Ken has an impressive social media reach, and has managed to become a successful emergency medicine clinician, researcher, an internationally known podcaster and champion of evidence based medicine,Read More →

Despite what you might think when you initially hear the term, there is more to social wellness than having an active social life. Social wellness is the positive effect that friends and loved ones have on your mental and physical health.(1,2) Sure, spending time with people has the ability toRead More →

It’s no surprise to any resident that debt is a large contributor to stress. We have high debt levels that continue to rise1, and less job security as employment and career opportunities become harder to secure. We rarely talk about money during our training, and there is little discussion ofRead More →

We’re back! Move aside John Snow, winter has arrived. The ED’s are crowded, influenza droplets permeate the air, and many of us are still recovering from the working blitz that is required of us during the holiday season (24/7/365 after all). We are feeling the drain!!! January 28th to FebruaryRead More →

In this post, we review an approach to antibiotics, bronchodilators, and corticosteroids in the outpatient management for acute exacerbations of COPD. COPD – The Basics What is it? An incompletely reversible obstructive lung disease due to airway and/or alveolar abnormalities leading to airflow limitation and persistent respiratory symptoms Caused byRead More →

Care of the Elderly is an ever-growing, important, and prevalent part of an Emergency Physician’s repertoire of skills. With increasing numbers of elderly patients presenting to EDs across Canada, we look to discuss the issue of polypharmacy, prescribing, and deprescribing for this high risk population in the ED. After readingRead More →

Spinal epidural abscess (SEA) is a challenging diagnosis to make in the Emergency Department (ED), with a diagnostic delay occurring in about 75% of patients.[1] To ultimately make a diagnosis of SEA, patients typically require an MRI, and so physicians may often have diagnostic hesitancy, as MRI’s are such aRead More →

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